Esteban has over 12 years of experience in the legal profession. He specializes in Business Law, and Real Estate & Hospitality. Besides assisting local and transnational companies in day-to-day Business Law matters, Esteban is actively involved in mergers and acquisitions, contracts, and corporate restructurings. In Real Estate & Hospitality, he has participated in the development, structuring, financing, due-diligence processes, and sale and purchase agreements of real estate projects in the coastal and urban areas of Costa Rica. Prior to joining BLP as a legal assistant in 2004, Esteban worked as a judicial assistant in the Deputy Prosecution Office of Economic Crimes, Corruption and Tax Violations in Costa Rica; as a legal assistant at the law firm Arias & Muñoz; and as an analyst at Protectora de Crédito Comercial. He became a BLP associate in 2008. Esteban graduated summa cum laude from the Universidad de Costa Rica School of Law in 2008, and obtained a specialization degree in Notary and Registration Law (magna cum laude) from Universidad Latina of Costa Rica in 2010. He has also completed a number of programs and seminars on Mergers and Acquisitions, Guarantees on Movable Property, Security Trusts, and Condos, among others. He has represented BLP in the “Young Lawyer Liaison” program of Meritas Law Firms Worldwide since 2011. Esteban is based in San José, Costa Rica.